Chapter 3. Configuring X for the NVIDIA
Driver

The X configuration file provides a means to configure the X
server. This section describes the settings necessary to enable the
NVIDIA driver. A comprehensive list of parameters is provided in
Appendix D, X
Config Options.

The NVIDIA Driver includes a utility called nvidia-xconfig,
which is designed to make editing the X configuration file easy.
You can also edit it by hand.

Using nvidia-xconfig to configure the X server

nvidia-xconfig will find the X configuration file and modify it
to use the NVIDIA X driver. In most cases, you can simply answer
"Yes" when the installer asks if it should run it. If you need to
reconfigure your X server later, you can run nvidia-xconfig again
from a terminal. nvidia-xconfig will make a backup copy of your
configuration file before modifying it.

Note that the X server must be restarted for any changes to its
configuration file to take effect.

More information about nvidia-xconfig can be found in the
nvidia-xconfig manual page by running.